You know matt......
i like ronnie too , but his physique AFTER last years O , at the smaller european shows is (IMHO) what truly fucked him up , pardon my french.
His physique regressed/degenerated YEARS in just 2/3 weeks , i was shocked

.... I mean those shows just WRECKed him so badly
Cos you look at Ronnie at the O , like you said , he was DAMN GOOD , some think he mightve won ! a
couple percentage off from being 9x MR O , he was huuuge , just watery
If he had STOPPED at just the O ,and not done those shows after (contract baby) people wouldve had aloooot more faith in a coleman victory.In fact i think they wouldve still had coleman as the man to beat and nr 9 in many peoples minds would be a foregone conclusion
Even in my mind now , i recognise that cutler will take coleman down ...but im torn between this subject and ill explain why in another post ...